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Date:      Sat, 14 Feb 2004 10:59:08 -0000
From:      "Lists" <lists.macgregor@blueyonder.co.uk>
To:        <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>
Subject:   RE: grep bug
Message-ID:  <200402141059.i1EAx8B5008721@the-macgregors.org>
In-Reply-To: <20040214034523.B254E43D1F@mx1.FreeBSD.org>

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-freebsd-current@freebsd.org 
> [mailto:owner-freebsd-current@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Robin 
> Schoonover
> 
> However, you rarely have lines long enough to make enough of 
> a difference
> to cause problems.  (1000 char lines? 1000000 char lines?)  IMHO, it
> wouldn't be worth making the grep code more complex to handle 
> such rare cases.  

Not even an error and graceful exit?  All I'm thinking of is a "line length
excessive" type exit message.

-- 
 Rob | Oh my God! They killed init! You bastards! 



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